Manik Sarkar, four-time Chief Minister of Tripura, checked out of his official residence of 20 years and moved into his new home in the CPM office building on Thursday, a day before his successor Biplab Deb's oath ceremony.

BJP's Biplab Kumar Deb takes oath as the chief minister of Tripura in the state capital, Agartala. In what was seen as an unusual gesture, senior BJP leader Ram Madhav and the Cheif-Minister elect Biplab Deb visited the CPM party office to invite the former chief minister and CPI(M) leader Manik Sarkar whose 20-year reign in Tripura ended with the BJP winning 35 of the 60 seats in Tripura.

Neiphiu Rio, whose party the BJP has partnered with in Nagaland, took oath today as the Chief Minister of the state. This comes after the BJP and the Nationalist Democratic People's Party (NDPP) won 29 seats in the elections, results for which were announced last week. BJP chief Amit Shah,Union Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju and Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharamanattended the ceremony in state capital Kohima. The BJP's Y Patton also took oath as the state's deputy chief minister.

The government condemns all kinds of violence but statues of foreign leaders have no place in India, union minister of state for home Hansraj Ahir said today. Mr Ahir's comment comes after a statue of communist icon Lenin was demolished in south Tripura's Belonia by suspected BJP workers

Nagaland Chief Minister TR Zeliang resigned today, day after the BJP made it clear it would stick to its pre-poll ally Nationalist Democratic People's Party (NDPP). NDPP leader and former chief minister Neiphiu Rio is expected to be sworn in on March 8.

Conrad Sangma, the 40-year-old chief of the National People's Party (NPP), today took oath as the 12th chief minister of Meghalaya as the head of a five-party coalition. While the Congress got 21 seats, his party got 19 seats in Meghalaya Assembly Elections 2018. Stitching an alliance with four parties and an independent candidate, Conrad Sangma, with backing of 33 other MLAs, became successful in dethroning Congress' two-time chief minister Mukul Sangma. Talking about the coalition, he said, "Like-minded parties had common interest. All parties came together to work under an alliance." He added that there was anti-incumbency against Congress and most parties who fought the election were against the previous government.

Biplab Deb, 48-year-old Tripura BJP chief, has been elected by party legislators as their leader in the state assembly and is expected to take oath as chief minister on Friday, March 9 at a grand ceremony likely to be attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and where the BJP plans to showcase its many chief ministers from around the country.

Biplab Deb, 48-year-old Tripura BJP chief, has been elected by party legislators as their leader in the state assembly and is expected to take oath as chief minister on Friday, March 9 at a grand ceremony likely to be attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and where the BJP plans to showcase its many chief ministers from around the country.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today dubbed the BJP's win over the Left in Tripura a "victory of ideology" and said the party needs to work hard to maintain its winning electoral streak, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar told reporters.

The newly-elected MLAs of BJP-IPFT alliance are scheduled to meet in Tripura today in the presence of central observers to deliberate and decide on various aspects of government formation, a party leader said on Monday.

A statue of Lenin was razed in Tripura days after the BJP stunned the Left, which was in power in the state for the last 25 years. The Russian revolutionary's statue was in the heart of Belonia town in south Tripura, 90 km from capital Agartala. The Tripura police today said it has received four complaints of "post-poll" violence from various parts of the state since last night.